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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Bird of the Day


I saw this bird in my backyard yesterday. He is really big. I think it is an eagle. Haven't seen one of those here before. We get lots of hawks around here and he is at least twice as big (tall) as a hawk. He was probably about 75 feet away, shot at 12x zoom.

Update: I sent a link to the Cascades Raptor Center and I got a note back:
It’s an adult red-tailed hawk – in the photo with his back to us, you can see the red tail. You are right – eagles are larger, and their wingspan is too. A red- tail’s wingspan is 4-4 ½’; an eagle would be 6-7’. Louise
Update February 2017 replaced missing picture.
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1 comment:

  1. SnigglefritsNovember 17, 2010 at 12:34:00 PM PST

    I nearly hit a red tail hawk the other day. He/she was swooping down to nab a field mouse on the shoulder of the road. >.< He got his supper, but almost bought the farm in the process.

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